The following is an example of a final product of a Performance Task from the SBAC.

The Whale Shark



If I were a shark scientist, I would want to study the largest fish in the world, the whale shark. I think that it is interesting that the largest fish in the world does not hunt for people or other sharks. I would want to know more about these large animals and would like to dive with them. I would prefer to be a scientist of whale sharks rather than hammerhead sharks.

I think that I would most like to experience how inquisitive whale sharks are. Some swimmers have been able to hitch a ride on a whale shark. Hammerhead sharks, on the other hand, are rarely seen by scuba divers, as they frighten easily. I wonder what makes whale sharks so brave and inquisitive.

Whale sharks are as big as some whales, yet they eat plankton, which is tiny. I would like to find out more about the diet of the whale shark.

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